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SUBMITTER: Yu G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4265235 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Gan G Yao Weimin W Gumireddy Kiranmai K Li Anping A Wang Ji J Xiao Wei W Chen Ke K Xiao Haibing H Li Heng H Tang Kun K Ye Zhangqun Z Huang Qihong Q Xu Hua H
Molecular cancer therapeutics 20140923 12
PTENP1 is a pseudogene of the PTEN tumor suppression gene (TSG). The functions of PTENP1 in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) have not yet been studied. We found that PTENP1 is downregulated in ccRCC tissues and cells due to methylation. PTENP1 and PTEN are direct targets of miRNA miR21 and their expression is suppressed by miR21 in ccRCC cell lines. miR21 expression promotes ccRCC cell proliferation, migration, invasion in vitro, and tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. Overexpression of ...[more]